Not the first immigrant to American left Europe running from Catholics. It was protestants that drove other Christian faiths out of Europe. And the Catholics that came to America were ran out of Europe those friendly protestants. They’ve always been such a friendly bunch. Anyone care to talk about what protestants did to other protestants at the Salem witch trials.
Oh, now. I'm descended from several Protestant groups driven out of France, Alsace-Lorraine, Pfalz, The Palatinate, the Rhineland, Savoy, Moravia and Bohemia, by Catholics. That's not to say that all Protestant groups were sweetness and light, especially those donning the mantle of State Church. They weren't. One might get the impression that state churches were the problem.
Okay, this is a rather peculiar post. Can you fill me in on the connection to what I said?
I’d be careful about throwing stones from that glass house, if I were you.